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Review Conclusion
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ECS
GF8200A GeForce 8200 NVIDIA MCP78S Mainboard Conclusion
Integrated graphics mainboard seems to be the way to go for 2008. Be it hybrid SLI or hybrid CrossFire. In fact, even the full fledge SLI boards like the 750a will also support such a function with it's castrated IGP inside. The ECS GF8200A, a full ATX board, looks similarly to the ECS A780GM-A is a full ATX board and uses a black PCB with a clean look. It comes with the very basic features PCIe x16 slot, 5 SATA II+ 1 eSATA, GbE, 7.1ch audio, HDMI, USB. It lacks DVI-D, 1394. Performance wise, this board runs slightly slower than the AMD 780G equivalent. This is largely due to the limitation of the chipset. This could be compensated if the BIOS allowed us to tune the IGP clk. As compared to the ECS 780G board, this board has some more overclocking options available.It has CPU CLK, Vdimm and multiplier, NB, CPU voltage options but iGPU is missing. See gallery for more information. We will have more updates when we get the new BIOS. Although we can change the CPU multiplier, the board just couldn't boot. Thus, we are unable to test how much we can push the HTT. With a default multiplier of 13x, we were able to POST up to 250MHz though. I think this should be resolved in a future BIOS update. In conclusion, this board has potential, especially in it's overclocking if adequate cooling can be provided for the chipset. The board could have been more complete if it included a 1394 and a DVI-D interface. Personally, I like the board's layout and also the power and reset switched on the PCB. If i were to choose, I would probably go for the ECS A780GM-A with a GF8200A BIOS options.
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